Classificação Científica
| Reino: | Animalia |
| Filo: | Chordata |
| Classe: | Aves |
| Ordem: | Passeriformes |
| Subordem: | Tyranni |
| Infraordem: | Tyrannides |
| Wetmore & Miller, 1926 | |
| Parvordem: | Tyrannida |
| Família: | Pipridae |
| Rafinesque, 1815 | |
| Subfamília: | Piprinae |
| Rafinesque, 1815 | |
| Espécie: | H. flavivertex |
Nome Científico
Heterocercus flavivertexPelzeln, 1868
Nome em Inglês
Yellow-crowned Manakin
Yellow-crested Manakin
The Yellow-crested Manakin is a Passeriforme of the family Pipridae.
Characteristics
It is 14 cm long. The male is dark olive above with a yellow crown patch (often concealed). It has a white throat above a dark olive band below which the breast is chestnut becoming paler below. The female is similar but has a grey rather than white throat and lacks the crown patch.
Food
It eats both insects and small fruits but is more insectivorous than most manakins.
Breeding
The male defends its breeding territory with pursuit flights and displays. Courtship includes bending forward with flared throat feathers and cocked and spread tail all being quivered for about a second.
Habits
It is found in seasonally flooded forest (várzea) and gallery forest along blackwater streams and ox-bow lakes.
Distribution
In Brazil north of the Amazon in the basins of the Rio Negro and the Rio (Amazonas and Roraima). Also found in Venezuela and Colombia.
Ocorrências registradas no WikiAves
References
- Portal Brasil 500 Pássaros, Dançarino-de-crista-amarela - Available on http://webserver.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/p368.htm Accessed on 13th May 2009
- Ridgely, Robert S. & Tudor, Guy. (1994) The Birds of South America. Volume 2, University of Texas Press.
- Snow, D. W. (2004) Family Pipridae (Manakins). Pp. 110-169 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Christie, D.A. eds (2004). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
